Christmas Oratorio (Verba Mundi)

By Göran Tunström

Book Overview

The Christmas Oratorio begins in the 1930s, when a wife and mother accidentally killed. The grieving family abandons its home and moves to another town, hoping to start afresh, but finds that its... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 156792008X
• ISBN13: 9781567920086
• Release Date: May 1995
• Publisher: Verba Mundi
• Length: 347 Pages
• Weight: 1.33 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 1.4" x 5.9"

Customer Reviews

A truly beatutiful story

Ever wondered how your life would have turned out - if only... This is a story that will make you realise how our lives are a web of coincidences - or maybe it's faith? It's also a journey in time and space, set in beautiful surrondings in both in Sweden and New Zealand. It's a sad, wonderful and romantic, and yet never ever sentimental, story about a love larger than life, and what happens when a lovestory like that ends abruptly by a terrible accident.Goran Tunstrom, who unfortunately died earlier this year, was following in the great tradition of Swedish storytellers like Selma Lagerlof and Vilhelm Moberg. Don't miss out!

A sensitive and beautiful portrait of loss and redemption.

Tunstroem fuses the oratorio form and lyrical language to create a captivating intergenerational story of love, loss and faith. It is set in Sweden, New Zealand and Kansas, and is accessible to readers from anywhere on the globe